Memorial details

Memorial type
Stone of remembrance
District
Ross And Cromarty
Town
Dingwall
County
Highland
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
VC or GC Recipients, First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
13465

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Current location

Railway Station
In fenced memorial garden in Station Square
Dingwall
Ross And Cromarty
Highland
IV15 9JD
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NH 55304 58615
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • On down platform.
    Nitshill Railway Station
    Nitshill
    Glasgow
    Strathclyde
    Scotland

    OS Grid Ref: NS 510 600
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
Rough unworked Standing Stone apart from carved relief of a rifle with the muzzle uppermost, and a laurel wreath around the muzzle
Inscription
IN/ MEMORY OF/ SERGT JOHN MEIKLE VC MM/ LATE CLERK AT NITSHILL STATION/ WHO ENLISTED IN HM FORCES/ (SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS) 8TH FEBRUARY, 1915, DURING THE/ GREAT WAR, AND WAS KILLED IN/ ACTION ON 20TH JULY, 1918/ ERECTED BY HIS RAILWAY COMRADES
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Meikle, John
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Commemorations
  • VC or GC Recipients
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, rank, date of death, regiment, forename, occupation, additional, decorations
    Order of information: Undefined
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, rank, date of death, regiment, forename, occupation, additional, decorations
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Stone of remembrance
    Measurements: depth 450mm, height 2100mm, width 750mm
    Materials: Granite - Red
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Corporate
Reference
  • The Railway Magazine Jan. 1923 vol. 52 p.35

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